The present invention relates to an advertising method and system that when a service of a card game is provided to member customers online by using a deck of playing cards in which an advertisement is converted into a story, provide an inseparable relationship between a game and an advertisement, thereby allowing players participating in the game to enjoy the advertisement contained in the playing cards together with the game in an amusing and interesting manner. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a system for advertising through a playing card game, in which a plurality of player terminals connects with a game server over a network and plays a game using a deck of playing cards (hereinafter “cards”) created by converting an advertisement into a story.
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2. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of player terminals is first and second player terminals, and the plurality of player cards is first and second player cards.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the card arrangement board is configured to be arranged in a same configuration as the cards used in the game, is provided to each player, and allows cards acquired by each player during a game process to be arranged thereon.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the card arrangement board serves as criteria for allowing different scores to be awarded according to a combination of arranged cards, and clearly reveals the advertising story contained in the cards.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the card arrangement board serves as criteria for allowing different scores to be awarded according to a combination of arranged cards, and clearly reveals the advertising story contained in the cards.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the game progress screen is configured such that player cards (cards held by players, table cards (table face-up cards), and table standby cards (table face-down cards) are located on a center portion thereof, card arrangement boards for respective players are located on a left side thereof, and product advertisement windows for respective players and a chat window are located on a right side thereof.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the playing cards are marked with numbers in order to indicate differences in sequence, four cards are allocated to each of the numbers, and the four cards are marked with patterns in order to indicate differences among them.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein numbers and patterns are marked on upper or lower portions of first sides of the cards in small sizes, and characters or images adapted to convert an advertisement into a story are marked on center portions of the cards in sizes larger than those of the numbers and the patterns.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the game server issues an entry coupon to a player who completes an advertising story using acquired cards on the card arrangement board or a player who has more cumulative scores at an end of the game, and pays prize money through drawing.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the game server configures the card arrangement board so that the card arrangement board is arranged in a same configuration as the cards used in the game, provides the card arrangement board to each player, and allows cards acquired by each player during a game process to be arranged thereon.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein the game server locates player cards (cards held by players, table cards (table face-up cards) and table standby cards (table face-down cards) on a center portion of the game progress screen, locates card arrangement boards for respective players on a left side thereof, and locates product advertisement windows for respective players and a chat window on a right side thereof.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein the game server draws one from entry coupons and pays prize money to a prize winner, and the prize money is prepared by accumulating a predetermined percentage of advertisement sales generated during the game.
14. The method of claim 10, wherein the game server invests the player with a right to take one card from the cards arranged on an opponent player card arrangement board when the player performs a chok, a sseul, a ttadak, a hand-poktan, or a table-poktan during the game, and moves and arranges one selected specific card on the player card arrangement board of the corresponding player when the player selects (clicks) the specific card on a corresponding player terminal.
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